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Psychology


Finding Books & Media

Books and media in the area of psychology can be located in the UA Library Catalog using keywords or subject headings.

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‍Suggested Subject Headings:

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‍Browse the Shelves by Call Number:

BF - Psychology

BF21 thru BF 2050

Recommended Reference Tools in the Library's Collection

‍Books in the library's collection:


BF31 .G35 2001 The Gale encyclopedia of psychology
BF31 .M33 2003 Magill's encyclopedia of social science : psychology
BF109.A1 S49 2004 Fifty key thinkers in psychology
BF121.S884 2012 V.1 Student handbook to psychology : history, perspectives, and applications
BF121.S884 2012 V.2 Student handbook to psychology : methods and measurements
BF121.S884 2012 V.3 Student handbook to psychology : brain and mind
BF121.S884 2012 V.4 Student handbook to psychology : learning and thinking
BF121.S884 2012 V.5 Student handbook to psychology : developmental psychology
BF121.S884 2012 V.6 Student handbook to psychology : personality and abnormal psychology
BF121.S884 2012 V.7 Student handbook to psychology : social psychology


‍Online:

Abnormal psychology across the ages
The Corsini encyclopedia of psychology and behavioral science. Vol. 1-4
Handbook of Psychology (Developmental Psychology)
Handbook of Psychology (Personality and Social Psychology)

Recommended Databases:

Academic Search Complete:the world's most comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database View a TipSheet
View a tutorial: Perform a basic search using EBSCO host databases
View a tutorial: Performed an advance search using EBSCO Host Databases
MEDLINE with Full-Text - the world's most comprehensive source of full text for medical journals, providing full text for nearly 1,200 journals indexed in MEDLINE
PsycINFO 1967- Index and abstracts of articles, books, chapters, dissertations, and reports in psychology
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection- a comprehensive database covering topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, and observational and experimental methods

Recommended Periodicals

‍Browse Print Titles in the Library:

*indicates a non-scholarly publication
Psychological Reports
Psychology Today*

‍E-Journals:

Applied Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Journal of Family Psychology
New Ideas in Psychology
Psychology
Psychology Journal
Psychology Today

Recommended Websites:

American Psychological Association
Psych Web
Psychological Research on the Net

Professional Organizations:

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Psychological Association
Mental Health America
National Institute of Mental Health
The University of Akron Center for the History of Psychology

Brush Up on the Basics

Need an overview on this topic? Check out these basic resources:
‍Books:
BF31 .G35 2001 The Gale encyclopedia of psychology
BF31 .M33 2003 Magill's encyclopedia of social science : psychology
BF145 .K54 2012 Psych 101: psychology facts, basics, statistics, tests, and more!
BJ1417 S77 2001 Conscience: a very short introduction

‍eBook:

Schaum's outline of theory and problems of introduction to psychology

Online Films:

Perspectives on psychology
Psychology media suite

Document Your Sources

The Smucker Learning Center's documents and information
Style Guides in the Library's collection:
Ready Reference LB2369 .G53 2009 MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
Ready Reference BF76.7 .P83 2010 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association